Garden fire in Maidstone
30 Incident Monday 30 June 2025 17:46
Monday 30 June 2025
19:16
Fire engines: 4
Partner agencies: Kent Police
Equipment: PPE - Breathing apparatus, Firefighting - High-pressure hose reel jet, Firefighting - Main jet (hose)
Maidstone
Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a garden fire on Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone.
Four fire engines attended and crews, wearing breathing apparatus, used main and hose reel jets to extinguish the fire.
The cause is believed to be an electrical fault in a pool pump which ignited and spread to nearby fencing, trees and a shed.
There are no reported injuries.